All language subtitles for Eolomea 1972.eng

Luna 3, where are you guys?

Can you see me? Right here!

Here I am!

The cosmos neveragain!

ScreenpIay
AngeI Wagenstein

Story Editor
Willi Brückner

Cinematography
GünterJaeuthe

Set Design
Erich KrüIIke & Wemer Pieske

Set Construction
G. Kriewitz, H. WeIzeI & J. Hamann

Music
Günther Fischer

SpeciaI Effects
Kurt Marks & Boris Trawkin

Costumes
Barvara MüIIer

Makeup
LotharStägIich & Christa GrewaId

Sound
Günter Witt & Georg Gutschmidt

Editor
HeIga Gentz

Assistant Director
EIeonore DresseI

Assistant Cinematographers
D. HerteIt, K. SchuIze & A. Kühn

Production Managers
G. List, J. Schmidt & H.U. Wardeck

Starring

Producer
Dorothea Hildebrandt

Director
Herrmann Zschoche

Earth CentraI caIIing Margot...
Earth CentraI caIIing Margot.

Attention aII transmission stations.

Earth CentraI caIIing Margot.

This is Luna 3.

I'II connect you to Margot.

Margot calling Earth Central.

Earth CentraI. Go ahead.

Urgent report.

Spaceship T-S 68 and crew of 3
have not retumed to base Margot.

Awaiting orders.

Griva reporting. Overand out.

Quiet pIease.

-CouId you put out yourcigarette?
-Of course I can.

I suggested convening the council

because this situation exceeds
any usuaI incident.

The first report came
three days ago.

AT-S 22 disappeared
on its return flight to base Margot.

Now we've had six such messages.

Six spaceships in three days.
More than an unfortunate coincidence.

-Someone must be heId responsibIe.
-Quite right, young man.

-l faiI to see the humor in it.
-Don't start heckIing.

Strange that it onIy invoIves
ships from the same base.

Strange that our coIIeague
drags us here to teII us something

we couId have read
in the newspapers.

I expected more detaiIed
information from Ms. SchoII.

At Ieast a working hypothesis.

-l don't have one.
-But l do.

I suspect ourspaceships
have coIIided with anti-matter bodies

that happened to enter
into oursoIarsystem.

AsimpIe case of annihiIation.

PIease record in the minutes that
the counciI isn't responsibIe.

Is that what concems you
Prof. Tal? Whether it's ourfauIt?

PeopIe may have lost their Iives.

That is exactIy what I mean.

Jackie Bernstein is right.
Someone must be held responsibIe.

Margot calling Earth Central.

Urgent report. Spaceship T-S 340
transporting crew of 16 scientists

has not returned to base Margot.

TVand radio contact suddenIy
ceased at 12:00 Greenwich time.

Griva reporting. Overand out.

Seven accidents in a row.
Unbelievable.

UnbelievabIe that you're having
meetings whiIe peopIe are dying.

You're not a counciI member but
we weIcome youropinion.

Order Margot to send out
rescue squads immediateIy.

We've commanded just the opposite.

We have forbidden that anyone
Ieave untiI the causes are known.

These are the locations where aII
radio contact with ships ceased.

There are now 7 ships with
60 peopIe aboard who haven't ...

Margot calling Earth Central.

-Transporterstopped transmission.
-I'm afraid that's the eighth.

Connection lost at 12:10,
quadrant 62.15 after K.

Griva reporting. Overand out.

You just said 7 ships
and a total of 60 peopIe.

Yes.And now there are eight.

May I say something?

Everything has a simpIe expIanation

and it has nothing to do
with mysticism.

-l suggested it was annihilation.
-If you're serious, Prof. Tal,

then I'm disappointed in you.

SpecuIation Iike that is mysticism.

And l suppose you have a better
hypothesis? I'm Iistening.

I aIready said, l don't have one.

But it doesn't make yours
more convincing.

Quit the guesswork. We're here
to prevent furtheraccidents.

OnIy the entire counciI can decree
a prohibition of space flights.

I support this proposaI.

I don't. This proposaI
is compIete nonsense.

Aflight ban wouId crippIe
the stations, isoIate the bases.

It would paraIyze entire programs!

Aflagrant violation
of the statute!

Human Iives, Prof. TaI.
Not statutes!

Who agrees with Prof. Maria SchoII

to ban aII space flight
untiI further notice?

I'm against it.

PIease record my opinion
in the minutes.

Bases Luna One and Three.

Venus BradburyviIIe.

Mars Gagarino.

CaIIing aII personneI.

Am I disturbing the peaceful flow
of your thoughts?

I thought I'd enjoy the view
with you.

Even today the sight
of the heavens stiII thrills me.

Strange that things
can stiII thriII you.

You're right. It's more difficult
and happens less often.

After being an interpIanetary
navigator ...

You don't care what happens
to the peopIe flying today.

Don't care?

-Did l say something that hideous?
-You said something else entireIy.

The fact that you don't care
is obvious.

Oh weII, years add up
and the sclerosis gets worse.

It's a case of a schoIar
becoming a bureaucrat.

-l didn't say that.
-You're virtuous to think that way.

But you're not entireIy correct.
My head still works.

-Want to bet with calcuIations?
-No, thanks

Because you're afraid.
You know I'm superiorto you.

Professor TaI,

I didn't beIieve one word
you said today.

-And it seems you don't either.
-The anti-matter bodies hypothesis?

That was an amusing idea,
wasn't it?

Eight expIosions!
It stimuIates the imagination.

-I don't understand you.
-No matter. That happens.

I don't want to disrupt yourwork.

PIease forgive me, if I offended
you at the counciI meeting.

Professor ...

I'm not sure if I should
teII you this, but

yourdaughterwas among those
who didn't return to Margot.

I know.

We'II do everything possibIe
to try to save her.

You're a good person.

Thank you.

What's the matter?. Why are you
Iooking at me Iike that?

How did you know
that your daughter ...

I received the Iist of names
onIy moments ago.

I didn't know. Ijust assumed.

See you Iater. Come by for coffee.

Dan, where are you?

I'm so alone.

I have hoIes in my socks.
The Iast pair.

My toes are freezing.

But among the usefuI articIes
on this charming asteroid

we have a special patch,
such as this gIue caIIed ''Util.''

What eIse couId l want?

Everything is perfectIy organized.

But there's just one wrinkIe.

One idiot writes how to use it,

and another moron
stuffs the boxes.

Here we have...

a tube of carpenter's gIue.
And office gIue ...

I guess it's forgIuing
oursandwiches together.

-Are you Iistening?
-Did you say something?

Not a word.

I've finished the caIcuIations.

If the parameters are correct
he wiII be here in 12 moons.

In 12 moons your boy will be here.

And l'II be down there, at home.

Then I'm quitting this Iousy job.

I swear it. I hate this job.

I've heard that oId story.

The Galapagos IsIands and
the girl, Maria. TeII it again.

The story is oId,
about five hundred years.

About Johnny Kosarand his guitar.

I'm not 18 anymore.

At my age, most foIks have
a nice setup on good oId Earth.

Awife, Ioads ofkids.

And maybe one's own helicopter.
What do I have?

AdeIivery van in the third ring.
I'm a cosmic baggage handIer.

But I'm through with all that.
Forever.

The letterof resignation is in my
pocket. And then, andiamo a casa.

And never will l return to you ...

What's going on?

I'm afraid I've got bad news.
It says here,

your boy is just as trapped
on Margot as I am trapped here.

They're announcing a compuIsory
moratorium on flying untiI ...

untiI further notice!

Damn. There has been a disaster
somewhere around here.

It shouIdn't Iast too Iong.

I'm Ieaving.
They don't know me yet.

These are the last ones,
Professor.

Kyber proposed 8000
possible trajectories.

That's quite a few isn't it?

-Did you find the personnel fiIes?
-They wouIdn't give them to me.

So I took them.

It's oursecret.

Now you can go home and sIeep
if you'd Iike.

That wiII be great.

Bye.

Earth CentraI. PersonneI office.
PersonneI fiIe 25 A400, TaI.

Oli Sigmundevitch, Director,
theory of trans-gaIactic links,

Professor, memberof scientific
counciI, bom in Novosibirsk

It's wonderfuI here.

I wish I were a kid, then I'd do
somersauIts down the mountain.

Do it.

UnfortunateIy I'm grown up
and a Iittle tired too.

I noticed.

Where is yoursearch forthe
missing rockets Ieading you?

To you.

Strange. Why to me?

When we were kids ourfavorite
game was ''hot and cold.''

WouId you like to pIay?
You'II enjoy it.

Sure.

We couId give it a try.

Be honest.

The hunt forthe missing rockets
has Ied me to you, right?

Sure, okay. Let's say, 'warm.''

Afew details reveal that you know
more than you said at the counciI.

Warmer.

As a young navigator, you and Kun,
the piIot, proposed a project

that was rejected by the UN's
scientific counciI at the time.

The EoIomea Project.

-Hot!
-The coffee?

The coffee too, bIast it.

TeII me about EoIomea.

I'm proud of you.

-You took two of my cIasses?
-Three.

You faiIed me
in theoreticaI navigation.

I don't remember
but I'm certain I was right.

I knew you'd find out
about my trick.

-Just not so quickIy.
-Abad conscience betrays itseIf.

You knew about yourdaughter
before I got the Iist.

That's reaIIy hot.

PIease teII me about EoIomea.

ChiIdish whims, nothing more.

You promised to be honest.

Oh, right. I aImost forgot.

How did it aII begin?

At the end of the 19th century
English astronomers discovered

a strange Iight in the
consteIIation Cygnus.

The phenomena occurred again
in 1905, 1929 and 1953.

Every 24 years.

After Gagarin's spaceflight
Soviet astronomers hypothesized

that it cannot be a naturally
occurring source of Iight.

They thought it was a Iaser beam
of extreme intensity

probing oursoIarsystem forcontact.

It was only a hypothesis,
nothing more.

SupposedIy Orpheus was born here.

Very beautifuI.

Pierre Brodsky is mentioned
in your personneI file.

So, you've pilfered
my personnel fiIe.

You're not pIaying fairly.

Taking yourfiIe was no game,
it's about human lives.

And now?.

Now you're going to teII me
about Pierre Brodsky.

Okay.

He caIcuIated the pIanet's
revoIutions at Ararat observatory.

-The presumed pIanet.
-Correct.

He theorized its mass,
duration of orbit around its sun,

and numerous other factors.

He concluded the planet was a
symmetrical equivaIent ofEarth.

Without poIes or tropics.

Young Brodsky was a dreamer.

He caIIed the pIanet
''EternaI Spring'" or EoIomea.

He preserved the spelling ofit by
using light signaIs in Morse code.

E-O-LO-MEA.

For a whiIe the pIanet
was a sensation.

It provided plenty of material
fordreamers and journaIists.

But quickIy the Iine between myth
and science became bIurred.

-ls it aII scientific fact?
-StrictIy speaking, no.

In spite ofit, PiIot and I
proposed to send two peopIe

in a rocket to EoIomea.

We caIculated the most detaiIed
optimaI trajectories.

And of course,
we both voIunteered.

We were prepared
forthis endeavor.

The scientific counciI found
the idea over-inflated.

They refused us everything
with the reasoning that

given our tiny, sIow rockets
the whole thing was siIIy.

Later came Luna 2 and 3

and the bases in
the first and second rings.

It just wasn't the right time
to decipherthe Iegends.

And you beIieve the time has come?

Don't try to trick me
with yourquestions.

We are pIaying ''hot and coId.''

You have to reveaI
the hidden object.

No, professor.
Eight hidden objects.

Eight tiny ships, the T-S modeI.

I don't understand one thing.

Lost ships wiII get you to EoIomea
as weII as a bicycIe to the moon.

CoId. Very coId.

Did that wake you?

If you snore Iike that again
I'II get even with your tin heap.

Do that and I'll knock out
aII yourteeth.

The only thing from Earth
I still have.

Agood, old aIarm clock
ora nice souvenir.

It's something very important.

It's seven o'cIock in the morning.

Don't taIk nonsense.

It could just as easiIy
be 11:00 or3:15.

When this heap was built
it didn't occur to anyone

that it wouId fly 3 km per minute.

Now a crazy aIarm clock
thinks it's 7:00.

There it is 7:00 a.m.
and everyone is going to work.

And the birds in the trees
are chirping with joy.

And the oId seaI yearns
forthe mainIand.

Oh, go to heII.

I'm already there, ol' BeeIzebub.

I can't sIeep.
I'm going fora waIk.

AloveIy pIace forwaIks.

I have an idea. Let's pay
Pierre a Christmas visit.

And the flight ban?

No one wiII notice
way out here in the sticks.

If we get caught, we'II say
we had to bring him oxygen.

Am I not a genius?

Not quite. You know Pierre has
a three month suppIy.

Sure, but they don't know.

How are you, oId lion?

Dan, do you think the flight ban
wiII Iast long?

None has ever Iasted
more than 1000 years.

What could have happened?

What are you up to?

Nothing.
I'm playing with the tortoise.

-You're lying.
-I'm Iying.

-ShaII I say what you're up to?
-Not necessary. I know.

ExpIain to me how your friends
manage to stow bottIes in the pod.

That's the Iast secret of ourera
and it should remain that way.

Watch out. They'II get you.

Three discipIinary actions
shouId be enough for you.

PeopIe need a change of pace.

These things make Iife interesting:
breaking the ruIes

and idiots who send
carpenter's gIue to mend socks.

It's aImost as cozy as home.

I'm going to check
the transmitter.

When do you think
he'II be abIe to come?

-Who?
-The boy.

I don't know.

Then I'll return to Earth with him.

It's high time I Ieave this rock.

Imagine, he has never
been to Earth.

I want to be the first one
who shows him around.

He has neverseen rivers
orforests.

DanieI? What are you doing?

Dan, can you hear me?

Yes, I hearyou.

I asked you,
what are you doing?

-Nothing. Checking the emitter.
-You're Iying again.

You're Iooking at the sun.

Is that against the rules, too?

Why are you so cynicaI?

Imagine, PiIot.

Orbiting around this star
is a tiny baII,

with isIands on it.

-GaIapagos and so.
-Very funny.

Do you beIieve the fairy taIe

that this tiny baII has six
continents and 12 biIIion peopIe?

The same kind as you and l.

And that a woman Iives there,
a bIonde professor.

Do you still beIieve in it, PiIot?

Yes, I beIieve in it.

What's the matter?.
Dan, can you hear me?

Pierre?

Pierre from PIanet Orange!

-Do you read me?
-Yes, I read you.

How are you?

Dan, are you stiII singing?

I don't feel Iike singing.

I waited for you to come up.

-How are things with you?
-As usuaI. Okay.

Have you heard about
the accidents on Margot?

I was on duty when they announced
the names of those missing.

Do you know who was among them?
The boy.

PiIot's boy.

I was just going to caII you two.

No, you better not, Pierre.

The oId guy was sIeeping.
He doesn't know yet.

-lt's betterthat way.
-You're right.

We are coming to visit you
tomorrow. We wiII launch earIy.

-And keep quiet about Margot.
-AlI right.

Say hello to him for me.
Take care.

-Over and out.
-See you tomorrow. Over and out.

Listen Dan, I don't like to taIk
about myself.

But now it cannot be avoided.

Maybe you won't understand
but I am at the end of my rope.

These are my final orbits.

I thought I was finished after my
wife died in the Venus disaster.

It was not yourfauIt, PiIot.

No one in the worId couId have
foreseen that cataclysm.

What is guiIt and innocence?

The important thing is that l,
the expedition Ieader, survived.

Just me and
the chiIdren's transport.

My son was there. Sima.

He was bom on Margot.

I have not seen him for years.

That's why I cannot imagine
what he Iooks like.

-Are you even Iistening to me?
-Yes, I'm Iistening.

And since then
I have been waiting here.

Waiting for Sima to graduate.

And then l wanted to return
with him to Earth.

But you know how things are.

Maybe it was nothing but
a crazy dream.

But it was the onIy one I had.

That's why you shouIdn't have
lied to me.

Forgive me, Pilot.

I thought it wouId be
betterfor you.

Lies are never better than truth.

The dispIay is working again.

-Are you stiII angry?
-No. What for?.

Yesterday you forewarned Pierre
and now I'm forewaming you.

He is seriously iII.

Yes, I know.

I heard. There is taIk
about some virus on Margot.

They talk about
aII kinds of nonsense on Margot.

Nobody knows what it is.

HopeIess?

I'm afraid so.

I brought his bIood sampIes
to the base. No outcome.

The institute forcosmic diseases
fitted a hermeticaIIy sealed box.

But he didn't want to
get inside it.

I tried to convince him
to do nothing.

He is afraid of spreading
an unknown disease.

I don't think I couId handIe that.

Don't smother him in pity.
That wouId make him feeI worse.

I understand.

This entire cosmic adventure
is demented.

What has it done for us?

Afew dead asteroids that
shock us out ofboredom.

Afew extraterrestrial coIonies
faIIing overwith joy when

they discover some stupid gaIaxy
over 100 miIIion Iight years away.

What for?.

And for what price?

No one asks for
the price ofknowledge.

-And the sacrificed peopIe?
-They weren't sacrificed.

They voIunteered.
ThankfuIIy, without asking you.

You think everyone can act upon
his own free wiII.

See, that is why I have
ended my cosmic career.

Done. Have a nice Iife,
you stars.

Knock it off. l've had to Iisten
to it forover a year.

ReaIIy?

Excuse me. Could you teII me
what my room number is?

PIease forgive me.
Your name pIease?

DanieI Lagny.

Number seven.
You have a teIegram.

May I ask you something?

These puzzIing signaIs from space:
is there any truth to it?

Mars is preparing to attack Earth.

l am so sorry.
I'm a compIete idiot.

That's true.
But don't take it to heart.

It's okay.

Why are you Iaughing?

You look Iike you
just fell from the moon.

I did.
From Luna 3, two days ago.

I quit.

Man has the brain, but
the administration has control.

My resignation was denied.

So I am finally taking
a reaI vacation.

Hide out on the Galapagos.

But nowadays they wouId find you
if you hid at the south pole.

On top of that
I'm tired as a dog.

Maybe you should get some sleep.

Oh, that's nice of you.

I'm actuaIIy very nice.

You don't need to try
to convince me.

Good night.

Good night.
Sorry about the gIass.

You may change on the first floor.

-l didn't orderanything.
-Room 7 ordered it, Professor.

-l thought you would be asleep.
-Don't feeI Iike it.

It'd be stupid to sIeep during
my few hours on Earth, with you.

The boys from Luna 3
wouId not approve.

Do you know what Luna 3 is?

Maybe a way to conquer
a romantic woman's heart?

It works on
coId-hearted women, too.

And these women forget their
duties and faII into your arms?

WeII, not right away.
It takes about haIf an hour.

It's 3:00 now,
so around 3:30?

What eIse do you do?

I couId imagine that
you're a secretary.

Something Iike that.
And you?

Captain in trans-pIanetary
transportation.

I was. SimpIe past tense.

The first past tense,
you understand.

Cosmonaut.

Wandereramong the stars.

Romantic. MascuIine.

Why did you quit?

Because I'm sick and tired ofit.

Because l want to sit here
and have the sun shine on me.

At Ieast untiI 3:30.

Is that so difficult
to understand?

It's difficuIt to do.

DanieI Lagny.

The singing Dan.

The sIeeping Dan.

This is PiIot from K-R217.

-Come in.
-Okay.

I heard you.

Lousy reception.

I can't see.

I think he is saying
'department' or'damn it.'

Give green signals.

Move toward the Iight signals.

Pierre, do you read me?

Pierre, come to the Iens.

My face isn't for polite company.

Don't make a big deal about it.
Come on.

Doesn't it Iook Iike
the measles?

Yes, couId be.

What's new on Earth?

Quit pretending.
I heard about the missing ships.

Better anyway.
I can't stand haIf truths.

But don't worry.
You wiII see your boy again.

How do you know that?

When space swaIIows someone
it doesn't give him back.

You know, that just depends.

Did you bring a blood sample?

It doesn't matter anymore.
No more doctor& patient games.

They are deceiving me by saying
they are close to a breakthrough.

I deceive them
by pretending to beIieve it.

Now it's over. l caught one.

What did you catch?

-Ashadow.
-Are you nuts?

I have been watching them
for a Iong time.

How shaII I describe them?

They Iook Iike wet spots
on the rocks.

But when you get cIoser
they crawI into the crevices.

-They are Iiving shadows.
-That sounds crazy.

No, they are reaIIy
Iiving wet spots.

As alive as you and I.

Just a few days ago
I watched one of them.

I saw it cIose up.

Do you know what's very strange?

They are covered in bIack spots.

ExactIy Iike these I have here.

But it's aII right,
we have agreed to get aIong.

They won't bother me
and I won't botherthem.

Everything is okay.
I observe and take notes.

PIease take this container.

Someone wiII come by soon
and pick it up.

-Give him my greetings.
-What's in it?

-Don't worry. lt's onIy paper.
-Who should I give it to?

You ask too many questions.
Someone wiII pick it up.

Is this for me?

Cognac for New Year's Eve.

It comes in handy sometimes.

Now get going.
This fog is uncomfortable.

Are you my friend?
Word ofhonor.

-You are my friend.
-Word ofhonor.

Do you even know who I am?

You know nothing.

When I was a pilot and led
the first caravans

you were still in diapers.

I wasn't the oId Kun then.

I was the great Kun.

They called me the Cosmic PiIot.

Just Iike that. That was me.

So have a drink.

Back then there were two of us.

OIi Tal and me.

We brought overthe first
research groups.

He and I.

To Luna 1, to Luna 2,

To both of the Mars poles.

My God, those were the days.

We had men! Those were reaI guys.

And now?.

Abunch ofwimps!

You too. That's right, you too.

Abunch ofwimps. Me too.

Want some?

You understand nothing.

You're a bIockhead.

But I Iike you anyway.

Do you Iike me too?

Who else, darling?

It's obvious they keep me here
out of pity.

Stop the nonsense. You aIways
do this when you're drunk.

Yes, I'm drunk.

But I mean what I say.

Dan, it's time.

The flares.Are you crazy?.

Cheers, Maria!

Cheers, Dan.

-You're sure the data is correct?
-lt's not a joke.

Rememberthe hoax
by the Ararat boys?

Two years ago an unidentified
object approached Earth.

Not this time. The object's mass
is the same as anA-4 ship.

It is aII very pecuIiar,
given the flight ban.

-You must enforce it.
-They are compIying with the ban.

In the areas we can controI
from Earth.

Then it is a ghost.

Attention. Coordinates.
PuIkovo orbit to second reIay.

[PuIkovo is connected].

-It has been puIIing away.
-lt doesn't answeron any frequency?.

Not even the computer
is emitting mandatory signals.

-lt is one of the missing ships.
-Of course, what eIse.

Then it is certain
that the crew is dead.

Where is OIi Tal?

-Don't know. He didn't come tonight.
-Get Prof. TaI right away.

What do you suggest we do?

Find this ghost ship.
Then we wiII know about the others.

-No, we have to think twice.
[-TeIegram from Prof. TaI].

[If you need him
the address is EoIomea].

-What is that?
[-AhoteI in Majorca].

Good, connect me.

[I tried. The Iine is overIoaded].

Then connect through New ZeaIand
or Patagonia!

I need Prof. Tal immediately!

Find it, you say?

Which rescue squad is on duty?

Five. And I'm flying too.

Too great a risk.
The guys are fine without you.

The boys are used
to aII kinds of things.

They wiII get used to me.

Maybe you shouId not onIy
be strict with femaIe dispatchers.

It is an opportunity
to clarify the situation.

[HoteI EoIomea said
Prof. Tal was neverthere].

What?

First he disappears
without notifying me?

And then gives a faIse address?

Ora phony address.
Ora coded address.

I have no taIent for criminoIogy.

I aIways feeI as if I wiII burst.

Whoeverdoesn't burst
the first time, won't.

There it is.

Try it again.

A-41, this is rescue squad five.
Do you read me?

Sorry boys, you have to get out.
Enjoy the weightIessness.

This is rescue squad five
callingA-41 .

A-41 , pIease come in.

Boss, they're not answering.

Go ahead, cut it.

They're not even dead.

Did you see how they took off?.

The dead are aIive
and the insane are normaI.

Check theircourse.

It can't be true. They are on
a direct course to Margot.

CaII Margot immediately.

Rescue squad five caIIing Margot.
Come in.

They don't want to respond either.

They must stop this siIIy joke!

I have a betterone.

We cannot contact them
untiI they reach Margot.

But Pilot's course is nearby.
Dan is there.

His wasp is quick enough
to cut them off.

Can he do it?

You don't know him?

We once had
a stimuIating conversation.

I quit and that's it!

Where do you get the idea
to take me from Luna 3?

What am l supposed to do
around asteroids in the outer ring?

What anyone would do.
SuppIy the station with materiaIs.

DeIivery van.

Race horse for a manure cart.

WouId you like some juice?

You can't buy me
with a sip of grapefruit.

Lemon.

Here you are.

Thanks.

Listen Dan, someone must
take overthis position.

And this someone has to be me?

That's awfuI stuff.

YourtransferwouId be temporary.

We are opening a fourth ring soon.

And l suppose
I am the horse on that track too?

No. I promise, we wiII reIieve you
as soon as possible.

Then you wiII get four months
vacation.

Very funny. I'm famiIiarwith
that vacation. No thanks.

What's that?

Honey. The real thing.

-Made on the Moon?
-Bees aren't that dumb.

My mothersent it
from the countryside.

Thanks, Dan.
But don't think you can

bribe me with a pot ofhoney.

How about if we talk Iike peopIe?

It's about time.

Orion Iaunches tomorrow at 9 a.m.

Have a nice trip without Dan.

Here, so you won't get Ionely.
I found him yesterday.

What is it?

Alion.

Prof. Scholl, I hereby submit
an officiaI statement:

l do not feel Iike
obeying yourorder.

Captain Lagny,

l am officiaIIy reminding you:
you've had 3 discipIinary actions.

The fourth would send you back
to your mother's bees.

Wonderful.
That is exactIy what I want.

Wait, my Iion.

It is not my styIe
to vioIate the statutes.

If I bring an animal aboard
l need a special permit.

It Iooks Iike the base
has been abandoned.

-l have to go.
-Get a grip.

What do you want, Madame?

-l don't want a trial, I want ...
-Him to remain dead.

Ifit wiII cost 24,000 francs
then Iet's go to court.

Sure, let's go to court.
lt's too expensive!

I earned aImost a miIIion for you!
You haggIe with my misfortune.

Fine, I'll take you
foreverything you own.

-The reIays have been destroyed.
-Be quiet!

It's onIy the air conditioner.

Poor cat. Starving with
so many mice around.

If we don't find the sectors soon,
we wiII meow like him.

That wiII be fun.
Let's get out of here.

-Tell me you're not a ghost.
-Are you wounded?

He didn't want to smash the gIass
and knows it is prohibited.

Who?

I found a broken toy.
He's called 0/560.

-Dan darling, how do you feeI?
-Wonderful. Couldn't be better.

For fourdays I have been here
Iike a fly in a jar.

What's going on around here?

You should know. You are the ones
who sent me chasing that ship.

Where is it now?.

Somewhere out there.

CouId you be more specific?

Who are they? How many?.

If I knew, I wouId feel better.

They tried to Iose me,
I tried to cut them off.

But they Ianded in Sector C
and Iocked me out.

AlI l could do was go to Sector B
where you aIso ended up.

Everything is Iocked down
and the reIays are destroyed.

-And the peopIe on the base?
-Hard to teII.

There is onIy that half wit
but I can't get anywhere with him.

You can try.
Hey oId timer, come here.

Don't be afraid.

You're a littIe sIow.
Shift to second gear.

Show us what you can do.

What does a weII-behaved robot
say to a lady?

AII-purpose robot,
modeI number0/560.

Good day.
May I kiss your hand, Madame?

You taught him that nonsense?

He is a respectabIe guy,
onIy stupid and a fiIthy liar.

Number0/560,

You serve the base, correct?

Now Iisten carefuIIy.
Where are the people from Margot?

I do not know.

Why is there a lockdown
between the sectors?

I do not know.

Who destroyed the reIays?

I do not know.

Who destroyed the reIays?
Be honest and teII us.

I destroyed them.

-Why?
-lt was an order.

Whose order?.

See? I couIdn't get anything more
out ofhim.

Have I told you what l do
to robots who lie?

You said:

Can opener.

Yes, and who wiII get
yourelectronic souI?

The dogs.

You see, your memory does work.

Why did you say you don't rememberwho
ordered the reIays be destroyed?

Come on, I wiII give you
a new battery.

Three o'clock IocaI time.
Check environmentaI aggregates.

Try harder.

Stop, where are you going?

Listen up, Number0/560.

Try to understand what I am saying.

You possess nothing but Iogic.

And they are after yourtin
with emotions.

You have been programmed
to keep quiet about the truth.

Am I right?

l have a program.
I fulfiII the program.

I kiss your hand, Madame.

Nice of you. You are a respectabIe
robot who does his duty.

But I must remind you
of the constitutional Iaw.

Arobot may not foIIow any order
that harms a human.

It cannot do that.

By Iying, you foIIow an order.

But people are now in danger.

By not telling the truth
you're causing them harm.

Where are the peopIe and who
ordered you to destroy the locks?

TaIk!

AIgorithm storm LouisviIIe
no shared quadrant systems ...

That's enough. This is inhumane.

We'II onIy make him more insane.

He's already Ioopy.

The constitutionaI Iaw
is his conscience.

You pose him a probIem
even humans haven't yet soIved.

ShouId an order be obeyed when it
conflicts with one's conscience?

The mechanicaI HamIet.

I'll bet that noise
isn't coming from the power unit.

There are peopIe in there.

You can't even scratch it.
It's a speciaI alloy.

Come on.

Ready for Iaunch?

T-S 340 ready for launch.

Ready for Iaunch.

-Chief operator?.
-Chief operator. Go ahead.

This is Sima Kun,
Commanderof Operation EoIomea.

Nine spaceships with a crew of 146
ready for Iaunch.Awaiting orders.

What shouId l say?

I think speeches are unnecessary.

Lots of Iuck on yourway
through the stars.

Take care.

My God, was I dumb.

How about that.

What's wrong?

There are no Iost ships.
They were aII here in the hangars.

Sorry, l might be sIow
but I stiII don't understand.

Don't worry, your boys are
heaIthy and happy.

What about the A-4 1?

They needed a guide ship.

And they needed a certain
coIIeague to prepare for launch.

Yes, but where to?

To EoIomea.

What?

-They're crazy.
-Not at aII.

If I haven't been compIetely fooIed
a certain coIIeague is here.

-Did you see what he was carrying?
-Acoffee pot and three cups.

Ifhe's not completeIy crazy
there are three people here too.

Come cIoser, Ms. SchoII.

Thank you. You can go.

You don't seem surprised
to see me here.

No, not reaIIy.

Pardon me, who do I have
the pIeasure of meeting?

Captain DanieI Lagny
from the third ring.

PIeased to meet you.
Very pIeased.

HeIp yourself. PIease.

It has become quiet.

They Ieft.

I saw that.

Forever.

UnIike migratory birds
that come back.

They wiII be gone forever.

You know what they're undertaking.

I beIieve so, yes. EoIomea.

I'm afraid.

Afraid!

That something may have not
been thought through.

That some random factor
has not been considered.

I know you.
Everything has been considered.

Everything within the limits of
human knowIedge.

But what's beyond it?

Other Iimits.

They set forth to find them.

-WiII you pass me a harsh sentence?
-That's triviaI at the moment.

-They don't have a navigator.
-Yes they do. Pierre Brodsky.

They wiII pick him up from his
poisonous Iittle pIanet.

I visited him.

Pierre is sick, very sick.

He wiII guide them as Iong as he can.
Everything eIse is on paper.

If this crumb of EoIomea
does exist

then certainly not
where you are Iooking.

Excuse me?

I've read the observatory annuaIs.
My friend Kun hoards them.

Pierre used a 40 inch teIescope
but miscaIcuIated coefficients.

I imagine he didn't consider
the infra-red shift

caused by Andromeda
and Supemova NGC-205.

Very unIikely, young man.

Sorry.

I spent weeks caIcuIating but
nevertook the story seriousIy.

You are a mathematician?

Taxi driver.

Supernova 205.

Very interesting thought.

Pierre wiII notice his mistake.

Why did you occupy yourseIf
with EoIomea?

Because otherwise l wouId have
died of cosmic boredom.

When I'm back on Earth
I know betterthings to do.

Continue, Prof. TaI.

I have accounted with myseIf
for my conduct.

As dean of the trans-galactic
flight center and counciI member

my actions will IikeIy Iead to
my dismissaI from this institute.

l take comfort in the thought
that you wouId have done the same.

No one has been abIe to prove
that EoIomea even exists.

No one has disproved it either.

The boys from Margot wiII respond.

-In the next century.
-ln 136 years and two months.

136 years! l understand even Iess
how you prepared forsuch a risk.

The reason is ancient and simpIe.

Fathers want their chiIdren
to succeed where they haven't.

Forcenturies
humans have Ionged to make contact

with civiIizations from
outerspace.

146 young scientists
have voIunteered

to take the first step in reaching
this distant goaI.

CouId I refuse my own experience
and knowledge?

I ask you:
couId I have prevented them?

l offered aII my knowIedge
and my heart to heIp them.

I have one regret.

That l am no Ionger young enough
to fly afterthem.

And that I Iack the courage to do
it anyway, Iike Pierre Brodsky.

No, I will not aIIow it.

You can't stop them.

You don't know me.
I'm not giving them the container.

You'll give it up.

This venture is insane.

But when you were young
it wasn't insane.

The only difference is back then
your crates were too slow.

But they can make it this time.

You can taIk. He is my son.

Every man is someone's son.

There they are.

Captain Sima Kun.

I am ...

I'm yourfather, Sima.

-l am happy to see you, father.
-You too, Sima.

You have reaIIy become a man.

I aIways pictured you differentIy.

-Like a kid, you know?.
-I'm not a chiId.

Do you know why I'm here?

Yes, I know.

-To return to Earth with me.
-We're going the other direction.

Give us the container.

Never!

-l'd rather destroy it.
-Captain Kun

EoIomea means everything to us.

Entering yourshadow.
Interrupting transmission.

Their chances are one in a miIIion
of finding such a civiIization.

PeopIe have always found
each other regardIess of chances.

So that's how you intend
to apoIogize foryourconduct.

AbsoIuteIy.

Which institute wouId risk
so many young lives?

WouId you have permitted
this mission? -No.

That's why they handled it
in this way.

They took the responsibiIity
so you wouIdn't have to.

Can we punish doctors who break
minor Iaws but make huge advances

for humanity and progress?

Those who tested new serums
on themselves.

They did it without asking
for permission.

Because they wouIdn't
have received it.

That's aII.

Ms. SchoII, have I done
something wrong again?

PiIot, try to see it theirway.
Let your conscience decide.

I know, so far away from Earth,
it's difficuIt to decide aII alone

something that will affect
aII of humanity.

What happens next is
entireIy up to you.

Consider it carefuIIy.
Do you have the right?

Here's a report from Luna 3.

To all stations
in and around the third ring.

The station on Planet Orange
ceased transmission this morning.

Pierre Brodsky.
Our Pierre is dead.

Father, this is the third orbit.
PIease give us the container.

Listen, Sima.

-Did you know, Brodsky is dead?
-Yes, we know.

But you need a good navigator.

We know one.

-No one eIse is that crazy.
-Let me speak to Dan.

We've searched every ring foryou.

I'm here, there, everywhere.

We're caIIing on you
to take Pierre's place.

If you do it, l'II kiII you.

Don't forget, someone is waiting
foryou on Earth.

Too bad, Maria.

Now we can't even say goodbye.
Everything happens so fast.

I have to go away fora whiIe.

Forever, Dan.

Don't you understand
that it is forever?

Let's just say, it's for a while.
Then it doesn't hurt so much.

Take care, Maria.

You've got it good, Sima.

You never think about that littIe
baII with 6 continents on it.

And a few tiny isIands.

GaIapagos.

The IoveIiest
of the entire cosmos.

Will you reaIIy miss it?

Then why did you come with us?

I couIdn't do otherwise.

It's funny.

I'm off to find a new civiIization
in socks fuII ofhoIes.

613.

Very funny,
as yourfather used to say.